MILITIA,

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officer shall absent himself from the parades as prescribed by
this act for the period of two years, the officers competent to
order a court martial for the trial of said officer for any violation
of the provisions of this act, except such as arise from absence
from parade; shall upon such information being lodged with
him, forthwith order a court martial for the trial of said officer,
and if the said court shall find the said officer guilty of such
charge, and shall give it as their opinion that he ought to be
removed from his command, the officer ordering said court shall
without delay transmit the proceedings thereof to the governor
and council, who shall thereupon revoke the commission of the
officer absent as aforesaid ; and if any officer shall neglect or
refuse to comply with any of the provisions of this section as
required of him he shall be fined a sum not exceeding fifty dol-
lars, in the discretion of such court martial as the case may
require.

SEC. 52. And be it enacted. That if any militiaman shall
remove out of the district in which he was originally enrolled
into another district or shall become a member of an uniformed
volunteer company, he shall be subject to all the fines and
forfeitures which shall be incurred in the district where first
enrolled, until he produces to the commanding officer of said
district or to the court of appeal for the same as ' established
under this act, a certificate from the commanding officer of the
district into which he shall have so removed or from the com*
mending officer of said volunteer company, stating that he has
been enrolled in said district or volunteer company ; and no
person shall be permitted to leave his company except in cases
aforesaid, or unless he shall remove out of the limits of said di-
vision, or unless commissioned in some other corps, without

Militiamen
removing—
joining
uniform
company.

the consent of his commanding officer, under a penalty not ex-
ceeding twenty dollars, in the discretion of such court martial
as the case may require.

Penalty for
leaving hii
company.

SEC. 53. And be it enacted, That the resignation of the
major-general shall be made to the commander-in-chief; that
the resignation of brigadier-generals and division staff officers,
shall be made through the major-general of the division ; that
the resignation of regimental field officers and brigade staff
officers shall be made through their respective brigadier-gene-
rals; and the resignations of company and regimental staff
officers through their respective commanding officers of re-
giments, and at least sixty days previous to any day of parade
as prescribed by this act, except in case of removal or where
the resignation is sooner accepted by the officer authorized
as aforesaid to receive the same ; and otherwise no officer
shall be considered as having resigned; and the officer aft
aforesaid shall within ten days after accepting such reaigna-
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Resigna-
tion*.